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'Osborn's Prolific' Fig Tree

One of the most heavily fruiting figs

Grown by John

South Downs National Park

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Osborne's Prolific Fig Tree Soft Fruit
Osborne's Prolific Fig Tree Soft Fruit

£16

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The highlights

  • One of the most heavily fruiting fig trees
  • Perfect for UK climate
  • Easy to grow
  • Amazing sweet rich flavour

Description

  • One of the most heavily fruiting varieties of fig tree
  • Ideal for a cooler UK climate
  • Can grow in partial shade and is easy to prune and maintain
  • Great tasting fig with cream coloured flesh and purplish-brown striped skin appearing in late summer
  • Features rounded, deeply lobed, dark green leaves turning yellow in autumn
  • Our potted trees are supplied in EcoPots™. Eco pots use 70% less plastic and are fully recyclable, unlike normal single use pots. They flex and so produce less root spiralling and travel better in the post.MORE
  • Our trees are usually between 18 and 36 months old at the time of dispatch.
  • Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader, if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better shaped tree. This can stop the tree becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE

What To Expect

Supplied as:

3L Pot
9cm Pot

Height on arrival:

50-80cm inc. pot
20-40cm inc. pot

Eventual height:

2m (6ft)
2m (6ft)

Eventual spread:

1m (3ft)
1m (3ft)

Tasting notes:

Sweet rich flavour
Sweet rich flavour

Time to first crop:

2 years
2 years

Hardiness:

Hardy
Does not require protection from frost except in extreme circumstances, such as extremely cold winters or very exposed positions
Hardy
Does not require protection from frost except in extreme circumstances, such as extremely cold winters or very exposed positions

Self fertile:

Self Fertile
Self Fertile

Rootstock:

Spacing:

How To Grow

Generally pest and disease free

Figs are generally trouble-free, but may be affected by cold weather, rotting of the fruits, scale insect and red spider mite especially if grown under glass. Birds may be a problemMORE

Water Regularly in Summer

Fig trees require 11.5 inches (2.5-4cm) of water per week either from rainfall or watering. The tree will let you know if it needs to be watered by the yellowing of its foliage and dropping of leaves, although don't wait until this point to water as this will only stress it out and may produce fewer fruits. Every 10 days to 2 weeks should be sufficient

Sunny sheltered spot

Position in a sunny sheltered spot, against a south or west facing wall

Can grow in any soil

Fig can grow in virtually any soil type but prefer a slightly alkaline sandy-clay soil

Prune in mid-spring

In mid-spring remove 1/4-1/3 of older branches

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South Downs National Park

Meet John

110 years' expertise free with every plant

You simply can’t buy better fruit plants and here’s why. John grows them outdoors, just like his family has done since 1908, so they’re more than a match for the UK weather. John only has time for the top performing varieties, meaning that you can be assured of a successful (and blooming tasty) soft fruit crop.

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Specialist UK growers we know and trust grow your plants the traditional way, with organic fertiliser and biological pest control. They pick only the healthiest plants for you, professionally pruning them so that they’ll grow strong and well shaped.

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Your plants are sent to you fresh from the field in our plastic free box that’s specially designed to hold them tight, then securely delivered by specialist plant couriers - straight from the grower to your garden within 
24 hours.

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We want your plants to have a long and healthy life. Expect easy-to-follow grow guides and videos devised by our team 
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We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.

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